A Brief History of Puzzles: 120 of the World's Most Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku

Hardback

Main Details

Title A Brief History of Puzzles: 120 of the World's Most Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Hartston
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 206,Width 134
Category/GenrePuzzles and quizzes
ISBN/Barcode 9781786494269
ClassificationsDewey:793.7309
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Atlantic Books
Imprint Atlantic Books
Publication Date 7 November 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From ancient riddles to modern Sudoko, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercising the mind, the lure of puzzles has been irresistible. By using over a hundred of examples of the most mindbending, the most challenging, the most satisfying, or simply the most humorous of puzzles throughout the ages, William Hartston traces the development of brainteasers of all varieties and the increasing ingenuity of puzzle setters from ancient civilisations to modern puzzle crazes.

Author Biography

William Hartston is a Cambridge-educated mathematician, an international chess master and the author of The Things That Nobody Knows and Even More Things That Nobody Knows. He now writes the off-beat Beachcomber column for the Daily Express and is a viewer on Channel 4's Gogglebox.

Reviews

If you love quizzes, A Brief History of Puzzles by William Hartston will let you know whom to thank. Competently charting the development of riddles, crosswords and logic problems, from the Sphinx to sudoku, it offers examples to illustrate each great leap forward in the history of brain-teasing. * Literary Review *